Holy See

Can anything stop Catholic infighting?

my first parish priest was a little old man with pebble spectacles who looked like a gorgeously coloured beetle as he bent over the altar in...
Damian Thompson

The last night of a spiritual titan

"a giant”: that is how a high-ranking prelate in the roman curia describes joachim meisner, the german cardinal who died suddenly last week....
Marco Tosatti

Our ‘Nonno’ never forgot his roots

my grandfather, charles forte, came with his parents to scotland from italy as a child at a time when that was more unusual. he hailed from ...
Alex Polizzi

Brexit’s Catholic Mr Fixit

two days before britain voted to leave the european union, shanker singham wrote an article arguing in favour of remain. yet today he is bus...
Luke Coppen

Mary Kenny: How Charlie Gard united the world

one of the most extraordinary aspects of the charlie gard story is the way in which it has attracted global attention, and such widespread s...
Mary Kenny

A rare glimpse of Raphael’s path to perfection

raphael: the drawings , a wonderful exhibition at the ashmolean museum, oxford (until september 3), is the first opportunity in britain to s...
David Scrase

Fearing the knock of the papal police

anna and tranquillo by kenneth stow, yale, £20 in may 1749 anna del monte, a young jewish woman, was escorted by papal police to the roman h...
Jonathan Wright

Mass readings

ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, july 16: 15th sunday in ordinary time is 55:10-11; ps 65; rom 8:18-23; mt 13:1-23 monday, july ...
The Catholic Herald

Bishops' engagements

cardinal nichols (westminster) sun: celebration of mass for the golden jubilee of the consecration of st paul’s church, harefield, ub9 6dg, ...
The Catholic Herald

Prize crossword 0499

cryptic across 7 are you able to change character finally and pass? (6) 8 journalist left speechless over drain on rainforest land (6) 9 she...
Alun Evans